Celebrity Justice
Ving Rhames' Dogs Maul Man to Death

LAPD tells TMZ that "Mission Impossible" star Ving Rhames' dogs have mauled and killed a man who worked for the actor.

Cops tell TMZ the victim worked as a caretaker for Rhames, watching over the dogs and his home. The four dogs, including Mastiffs and an English Bulldog, have been taken into custody by Animal Control. When LAPD received the call this morning at 7:15, they say they found a 40-year-old black male on the front lawn, deceased.

Calls to Ving's reps were not immediately returned, and the actor, apparently, is out of the country shooting a movie.
KABC is reporting that the body of the caretaker had bites all over his body. And police tell us they've never gone out to the house for an incident related to the dogs before.


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31. oooh yay, racial comments for nothing...shows how "smart" you are to start that issue...ridiculous.

Posted at 2:39PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Nancy Drew

32. #31 nice to see that Mike Vick nurtured his dogs.

Posted at 2:39PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Creep factor.

33. My dog is mixed breed of lab and pit and shes so calm and loving.Maybe because I treat her like my own child.She sleeps in my bed ,eats what I eat and she gets lots of love.Not all these types of dogs are killers.I blame the owners for that. Im not saying they dont have it in them but so do people.

Posted at 2:41PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by MEAT IS MURDER

34. Unlike humans, animals almost always attack for a reason - that reason, 99% of the time, is because of what a human does to it.

Posted at 2:41PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Ledbetter1212

35. Mastiffs were bred to protect private property. If there is somebody that came into that property, unless they had attacked the dog, they were bred to pin or tree a person, by means of intimidation. If these dogs mauled this man to death, that means one of two things, the man attacked one of the dogs, or were trained to attack. Another person teaching their dogs to kill. A shame for these animals.

A friend of mine had two mastiffs. A burglar broke in and as he was dismanteling the stereo system, the dogs snuck up on him and had him "treed" on the sofa. He was stuck there for over 5 hours, until my friend came home, and called the cops. Neither dog bit the man.

Posted at 2:42PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by PhaQ

36. Hey meat, do you really LOVE your dog? I mean REALLY love your dog?

Posted at 2:43PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by doggy style

37. Here we go again. So will this take a little heat off Vick - or maybe turn it up.

Posted at 2:44PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Sues

38. How did race get into this? Jamal your a fool the race card is so over used no one accepts it anymore black people have worn it out.

Posted at 2:44PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Enough is enough

39. cut copy paste

You don't clip a dog's tail to make them more aggresive!!! What the hell is wrong with you?
A dog's tail is docked to keep the dog's appearance as it should be. And you don't "clip" it you put an elastic around it when they are first born and it dies and falls off. They don't even notice it is there.

Posted at 2:44PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by vin

40. This is really sad, but understandable.

I used to have mastiffs. They were sweet, lovable dogs, until they had a litter of puppies. They became aggressive and a huge liability. One bit a child that had come to visit my son. I was afraid they would get loose and kill someone, so, tearfully, I had them put to sleep.

I read the opinions of ignorant people who blame the owners of aggressive dogs. I had ours professionally obedience trained, an was a stay at home mom, so I was with them every day. There was nothing we ever did to make them aggressive, and no way of knowing that they would turn vicious so suddenly.

Posted at 2:45PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Patti

41. He's innocent! The caretaker did something, most likely. Quit convicting black men until proven guilty!

Posted at 2:45PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Sista soul

42. I see people like Paris and Nicole kissing dogs faces and I pray the dogs don't get Herpes.

Posted at 2:45PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by doggy style

43. It should have been Micheal Vick !!!
Maybe the caretaker abused the dogs and they finally had enough of it.
PAYBACK's a YEEEEOOOUUUCCCCHHHHH !!!!

Posted at 2:46PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by She Devil

44. dina, are you Lindsay Lohans mom? Nice job

Posted at 2:47PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Working Man

45. Hey Doggy Style, do you have a sick mind? I mean a REALLY sick mind?>?

Posted at 2:47PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Ledbetter1212

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